SignalsAZ.com Prescott News Podcast - Pile Burning Planned in the Prescott Basin

Episode Date: November 8, 2024

Send us a text and chime in!Fire Managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to take advantage of fall-like conditions and burn piles of debris in and around the Prescott Basin. Ignitions are planned to start on Tuesday, November 12, and continue through the end of the year as favorable weather conditions allow. Fire managers expect smoke impacts to be light and visible from multiple locations including Prescott, Chino Valley, and surrounding areas. Pile burning helps reduce hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface and increases ecosystem and community resilience. In the interest of safety, forest visitors are reminded to obey all traffic signs and use... For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/pile-burning-planned-in-the-prescott-basin/Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Text to Speech audio articles made possible by the Quest Grant at Yavapai College. Tuition-free industry recognized certificates for your career. Fire managers on the Bradshaw Ranger District plan to take advantage of fall-like conditions and burn piles of debris in and around the Prescott Basin. Ignitions are planned to start on Tuesday, November 12th, and continue through the end of the year as favorable weather conditions allow. Fire managers expect smoke impacts to be light and visible from multiple locations including Prescott, Chino Valley, and surrounding air. areas. Pile burning helps reduce hazardous fuels in the wildland urban interface and increases ecosystem and community resilience. In the interest of safety, forest visitors are reminded to obey all traffic signs and use caution when traveling in the vicinity of the pile burns as

firefighters and fire-related traffic will be in the area. The purpose of this project is to reduce hazardous fuels following thinning and fuel wood removal activities. Reducing hazardous fuels helps minimize the threat of high severity, high-intensity wildfire to the public, adjacent private property, and area communities. Burning of debris left over from brush-crush and thinning projects requires moisture in the surrounding vegetation and typically produces much lighter smoke than broadcast burning. All prescribed fire activity is dependent on the availability of personnel and equipment, weather, fuels, and conditions that minimize smoke impacts as much as possible, and approval from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. For fire information,

Please call Prescott National Forest Bradshaw slash Chino Valley Ranger District at 928-443-8000. Stay up to date on Prescott National Forest News by checking the Prescott National Forest website.